The Messenger on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
The Messenger is a retro, platformer and pixel graphics game
developed by Sabotage
and published by Devolver Digital.
Released on August 30th 2018 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil and Russian.
It has received 11,693 reviews of which 10,902 were positive and 791 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified The Messenger into these genres:
System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
- OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or newer (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel core i5-4210 1.7ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4400
- Storage: 1200 MB available space
- Sound Card: Onboard soundcard or better
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- SteamDB - A comprehensive database of everything on Steam about The Messenger
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- ProtonDB - Crowdsourced reports on Linux and Steam Deck The Messenger compatibility
